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CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | A suspected drone was downed off the coast of Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Dahab on Tuesday, according to security sources. Speaking to Xinhua on condition of anonymity, the two sources confirmed that explosions were heard in the city. Earlier, local Al-Qahera TV news …

Ismailia, Egypt | AFP | Since the Suez Canal was inaugurated amid pomp and ceremony 150 years ago, it has become one of the world’s most important waterways. But its anniversary will only be discreetly marked in Egypt. The man-made canal was excavated between 1859 and 1869, in an ambitious project …